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Newswire : Tea for three

14 March 1998

Women who drink tea find it easier to conceive, suggest researchers in
California. A team at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern
California in Oakland found that women who were trying to get pregnant and drank
at least half a cup of tea a day were twice as likely to succeed as would-be
mothers who didn’t drink tea (American Journal of Public Health, vol
88, p 270).

The researchers suggest that chemicals in tea called polyphenols and
xanthines aid the development of eggs and embryos. But unknown lifestyle factors
linked to tea drinking might also be important.